Sticks & Stones
What was that we used to say about sticks and stones?
If you take even a quick look through the international news stories on a daily basis it would be impossible to miss reading about some new form of senseless violence and death somewhere in Pakistan or some terrorist act carried out in one of their neighboring countries originating out of Pakistan. The majority Sunni Muslims and the minority Shiite Muslims are always looking for new and exciting ways to kill each other. Men, women, children, it doesn’t matter. If it draws breath someone is looking to kill it in the name of their own Muslim sect.
Literally thousands of Pakistani Muslims have been killed over the past few years by other Pakistani Muslims because they didn’t go to the same masque or follow the teachings of the same leader and thousands more have been killed through the collateral damage. It wasn’t very long ago that they actually used sticks and stones to break each other’s bones but thanks to the likes of Osama bin Laden and his Taliban of merry men hiding out in the remote mountains of Pakistan they have progressed to more advanced methods of homicide.
And their mayhem is not confined to the boarders of Pakistan. These murderous zealots are all too happy to bring death and destruction to the citizens of Afghanistan, India and elsewhere as well. These lethal attacks are organized by Muslim clerics, sects and even fake charitable organizations within Pakistan. But is the press focused on these attacks or their inciters? Nope. Their focus is on a member of the British aristocracy and his privately taped comments from 2006.
Back in 2006 as a member of the British military Prince Harry was taped by one of his fellow service members using the term “paki”.
Stop the freaking presses! What a scoop! What a tragedy of epic proportions! What a crock!
Bonny Prince Harry is heard on the tape referring to a colleague as “our little paki friend”. The recent revelation of this comment has now been spread by the ravenous press around the world to the point where the Pakistani government is being called upon by Muslims from the four corners of the planet to institute a formal investigation. And I thought Illinois Governor Big Rod Blagojevich was the master if deflecting focus from real issues.
Prince Harry also used the very PC incorrect term of “raghead” to describe a cadet who was wearing a scarf on his head. I understand that this is a derogatory term for someone wearing a turban, but in the conversation in which it was used it was not directed at a Pakistani but rather a Brit who happened to have a rag on his head. Without spending a lot of needless energy trying to defend these comments my question is do they need to be defended?
The outrage being mustered and publicly displayed by these words is nothing more than a convenient deflection of the spotlight from the debase actions of the Pakistani terror brigades. The Prince is not a political force in Britain nor does he have any say in the country’s foreign affairs. If the Pakistani’s are going to be outraged by the use of “paki” than should the British soldiers be equally outraged by the term “Brit” or the Australian soldiers by the term “Aussie”? I don’t even want to begin going through the list of names being used for the American soldiers.
Mohammed Shafiq, director of the Ramadan Foundation, a British Muslim youth organization, said “Harry, as a public figure, must ensure that he promotes equality and tolerance and this rant, whether today or three years ago, is sickening and he should be thoroughly ashamed of himself”.
Shame is indeed one way to deter unacceptable actions. My surprise is that Mr. Shafiq or any other prominent Muslim figurehead didn’t feel the need to publically call for it against the Pakistani terrorists that slaughtered 164 innocent people in the recent Mumbai India attack.
Mr. Shafiq and all those who will try to use this to stoke the flames of decent within their gullible Muslim followers need to follow their own suggestions.
There is plenty of shame to go around here.
